It would be good to pen a post work CV where folks could really say where they saw themselves in X number of years, de-bullshit the situation 
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I must disagree with that Spitty, who would go to work if they won the lottery, no matter how much they loved their job…
I’ve always enjoyed lots of varied hobbies, both physical and sedate, so it was a good opportunity to spend more time doing the things that I neglected while working for a living.
This forum has taken up a disproportionate amount of time over the last ten years, and apart from the odd perennials, people come and go, but I enjoy the company, and look forward to looking in each morning. It’s a bit like smoking, you know it’s bad for you but the enjoyment exceeds the risk…
Apparently they do still have them Bruce.
I bet they are a lot more sophisticated than the old vans with the massive aerial on the roof…
I am a bit biased Foxy, if I had to work with other folks I would see it differently, no time for office politics
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All the people on the forum are my work mates now Spitty…
I have contracted for one organization for fourteen years, they know exactly how I work and my routine, they will get a phone call questioning my activity, knowing how I work allows them to give a direct answer without hassling me, but, they haven’t got the bollocks, its easier to keep the customer on an open phoneline, contact me on an alternative line so, the customer can hear that they are attempting to satisfy their query. I have to go through the routine of giving the answer they already know and it gets right up my nose, if they catch ne in a bad mood, it can get interesting 
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I can put up with how anyone want’s to work but I can’t be doin with their repetitive idiosyncrasies 
You would have made a good long distance runner Spitty…
I was only part of a running club for a short time, much preferring my own company and pace.
Most of the clublads were 10K or Half Marathon (13.1 miles) runners, one or two even ventured up to full marathon, but 50 mile fell runs were too long for most.
The few who were excited by the challenge of a 42 mile fell race across the North Yorkshire Moors came with me on a qualifying run. You had to have completed at least one Lyke Wake Crossing to be accepted on the annual race.
Out of the half dozen or so lads that did the qualifier, two packed up, and four turned up on race day. They all completed the course and that was the last time I saw them until several years later. On one of the rare occasions that I ran a 10K I bumped into a couple of them. I asked if they were still doing long distance running and they both said no…The reason was, that they could not run long Sunday runs without company… Long Sunday runs were essential for long and ultra distance running…In all my years of running (45 years) if I learnt anything, it would be that consistency was the greatest training aid of all…The ability to throw yourself out of bed early on a Sunday morning, whatever the weather, and do the miles.
I dislike the use of the word Team because it was abused by companies and consultants in the 80s, natural teams are great, manufactured ones aren’t, folks are extremely lucky to belong to a natural team, so much so that they probably won’t recognize the fact that they are part of one.
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Its great to see you have kept those records Foxy, it’s good to look back at what you achieved. I was a great darts player but refused to commit to a team. On one occasion, I was in the pub with a girlfriend and we were playing two geezers who were reasonable, my girlfriend could hit the board but, that was about that, but we were giving these guys a trouncing. I went to the bar to get the drinks and the girlfriend said, Spitty its your turn, my three darts were on the bar and I said, “What do we need”, fifty she said so, in my usual cocky fashion, I just picked up one of the three darts, walked to the oche and nailed it, the geezers faces were a picture 
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Good arrow Spitty, it’s great when that happens.
Remind me never to play you at darts… 
Mrs Fox and me were visiting a new pub and bumped into my best mate and his missus who I had not seen for ages. We used to go down the snooker hall every night after work when we were both apprentices, because the pub’s hadn’t opened yet.
He was a brilliant snooker player, I was just average.
When me met in the pub he said that two blokes wanted to play him at snooker if he could find a mate, yep I’ll do it…
He potted all the balls and told me not to do anything silly…As I was inclined to do…
But I played it straight and we ended up beating them…Dave did all the work though…
Those guys thought they were Ronny o’sullivan or something so it felt good…
A very long time ago I was very briefly seconded to a TV detector van. Most of the time we just drove about slowly waving the aerials about. They were useless for TVs above the ground floor - blocks of flats were safe, yet you could park nearby and watch all the lights go out when they saw the van. As I say you could not accurately detect a TV at the end of a Cul de Sac for example because you had to be able to triangulate the TV
Very labour intensive - a tech to determine the location and type of TV, (you could tell the station being watched) a PO Official to determine if a licence existed for that premises and a driver.
Usually, after a visit to an area, the following day the local Post Office ran out of Licence forms
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I remember back in the early seventies those vans struck fear into the locals Bruce…
I’ve always wondered how they can tell what programmes people are watching when they compose the viewing figures?.. 
Isn’t that done by a diary supplied by a ratings company? I had a diary many many years ago which I kept for a month for a radio survey.
BTW The vans could tell by the offset of the IF signal.
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Yes but…How do the ratings company know which programme you are watching?
https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/most-viewed-programmes/
As clear as mud to me Bruce…Still no wiser…
Bruce, I don’t think the Vans ever came onto the estate, too risky
Guys applying for his first job at the Family Dollar store.
“Where do you see yourself in 5 years” asks the Manager?
"I have a Plan."
“Working at the ‘$5’ store!”
“The Plan is to use clever lies and unending sales, lots of extra energy!”
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I block those calls.
Sure, go to Mars and suck its CO2 and carry on mister!
The Point being if we had Oxen and Mules and Horses to
feed us we could be in lots of trouble.
I’m confident with better Nuke generated electrical power we can
suck up the CO2, spray a lot of water to make ice and get Mama
Earth all frozen up again easily. Snuff Ice on the poles and mama tips.
Super volcanos blast new land to live on 14,000,000 years in the future.